Attachment for lead-pencils.



No. 665,028. Patentodlan. 1, 19m.

G.'MASTERS. 7

ATTACHMENT FOB LEAD PENCILS.

(A na-min filed Feb. 27, 1900.

W Y anomm'p NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MASTERS, OF VICTORIA, TEXAS.

ATTACHM ENT FOR LEAD-PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 665,028, dated January1, 1901.

Application filed February 27,1900. Serial No. 6,736. (No modelJ To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that LGEORGE MASTERS, acitizen of the United States,residing at Victoria, in the county of Victoria and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Attachment for Lead-Pencils, of which thefollowing is a' specification.

My invention relates to attachments for lead-pencils; and it has for itsobject to provide a lead-pencil with a calendar which is permanentlysecured thereto in such position that it may be unrolled for examinationat any time and then return to its original position.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improvedconstruction of a leadpencil and the combination therewith of a calendarand means for confining the free ends of the calendar to the pencil, aswill be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numeralsindicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which they occur,Figure 1 is an elevation of apencil constructed in accordance with myinvention with the calendar unrolled in position for observation. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view of the pencil with the calendar rolledthereon and having its free end secured in position.

In practicing my invention I provide a suit able body or roller 1, whichmay be an ordinary lead-pencil, with a suitable annular groove or recess2 near its upper end and with two outwardly-proj eating studs or prongs3 3 upon opposite sides of said recess.

4 indicates a calendar which is preferably adapted for a year, althoughit could be adapted for a shorter orv longer length of time, if desired.The inner end of the calendar is pasted or otherwise suitably secured tothe bottom of the recessed portion of the pencil and is wound thereonwithin the recess and has its outer end provided with a bar 5, each endof which is provided with a perforation 6 in position to fit upon one ofthe studs or pins in the pencil and be retained thereon when thecalendar has been rolled up.

I prefer to form the calendar of a strip of paper or of other thinflexible material of sufficient width to receive the numbers indicatingthe days of the month and of such length as to receive the number ofmonths to be designated, the first month, as January,

being at the outer end and the last month, as December, being at theinner end. The bar or cross-piece is preferably formed from brass, or itmay be formed from other material and have each hole provided with aneye- 'let for engagement with the pins 3. To prevent the accidentalremoval of the bar from the pins, I prefer to bend the outer end of thepins, as shown at 7, so that they must be bent slightly to permit thepassage of the bar. I also reserve to myself the right to make suchother changes and alterations as will come within the scope of myinvention.

As above described, it will be seen that'my invention can be embodied ina lead-pencil very cheaply, as it is only necessary to form the recessnear the top of sufficient width and depth to receive the calendar whenrolled therein. When it is desired to know the date, the bar is readilyslipped off the pins 3 and the calendar unrolled until the desired dateis located. The calendar is then again rolled within the recess and thebars slipped over the yielding ends of the pins and the pencil can beused in the usual manner. By printing or otherwise forming the datesupon the inner surface of the calendar they are always preserved frombeing soiled or worn by the usage to which the pencil may be subjected.

If desired, my improved calendar can be formed separately and applied todifierent pencils by forming a metallic cylinder with an annular groovefor the reception of the calendar and fitting'an eraser in one end ofthe cylinder and fitting the other end over the top of the pencil.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination with a body, a portion of which is provided with anannular groove, of an outwardly-extending curved pin at each 'end of thegroove, and a flexible sheet provided with a calendar permanentlysecured at one end to the body within the groove, the other end of whichis provided with a bar, each end of the bar extending beyond the edge ofthe calendar and being perforated for engaging with one of the pins,substantially as described.

- GEORGE MASTERS. Witnesses:

. A. N. TURNER,

H. R. DUNN.

